VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-9679
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, if a userspace string is not NULL-terminated, kernel memory contents can leak to system logs.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.52%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, if a userspace string is not NULL-terminated, kernel memory contents can leak to system logs.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- product-security@qualcomm.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100210Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01Vendor Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-08-01Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100210Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.